What’s That? Use Your Phone to Identify Plants
Pl@ntNet is an app that can identify plants using the camera on your mobile. Presently, it’s limited primarily to Western Europe (since it was in France),Indian Ocean, and parts of…
February 2016
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
He Refuses To Go
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Bell’s Contempt For Its Customers
For me, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back came last year. Up to then, every three to six months I would play the game of calling my telephone…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of February 29, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Sheriff: No foul play in Scalia's death Key Canadian panel endorses medical assistance to dieLSUC Human Rights Monitoring Group Update…
Donald Trump: Master of the Free World?
Some readers assumed we were sampling liberalized pot when we suggested that Donald Trump could win the American Presidency. Frankly it is not something we care to bet on. We…
KPIs for Higher Ed Admission Advertising
The title of this post could have been “17 must-have metrics you need to be measuring that matter”. That’s the kind of result you find when looking for KPIs. This…
IPPs paid $672 million above market price in 2015
British Columbia Hydro publishes quarterly reports that provide a long term record of consumption by domestic consumers, which are:ResidentialCommercial and light industryHeavy industryI've been reviewing more than 20 years of…
More Money Invested in Renewable Energy in 2015 Than New Fossil Fuel Power Projects
A record US$367 billion was invested in renewable energy in 2015, according to a new report out today by the Clean Energy Canada initiative of the Centre for Dialogue at…
Lions, jellyfish, and a quotable Italian fascist #nlpoli
American media circles were all abuzz this weekend about a little episode on Twitter featuring Donald Trump and a quote he liked.Gawker created a Twitter account last year that spouted…
Donald Trump and the Bigot Wizard
For weeks Donald Trump has been flirting with fascism. And teetering on the edge of the Pit of Depravity.By retweeting material from white supremacists.In a desperate effort to flatter them,…
More Money Invested in Renewable Energy in 2015 Than New Fossil Fuel Power Projects
A record US$367 billion was invested in renewable energy in 2015, according to a new report out today by the Clean Energy Canada initiative of the Centre for Dialogue at…
Wherever there’s Alberta unite-the-right chatter, Preston Manning’s name keeps popping up
PHOTOS: Preston Manning, looking right as usual, photo taken at the 2013 Manning Conference in Ottawa. Below: Alberta PC leader Ric McIver, Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean Wildrose Party photo),…
Has Progressive Bloggers Been Hacked?
As I'm sure many of you know, the Progressive Blogger's site has been down for more than five days.Or frozen in time.And if what Scott Tribe, one of the site's…
“In defence of oil industry”: Sun editorial shows Postmedia’s colours
A recent Vancouver Sun editorial titled "In defence of oil industry" shows parent company and partner of the oil and gas sector Postmedia's true colours, says Rafe Mair.The post “In…
Ezra Levant: Once a lawyer always a lawyer?
Ms Soapbox is grateful to Ezra Levant (and that’s not an easy thing to say). Thanks to Ezra she’s discovered that journalism is not a profession (actually she suspected it…
Notice requirements for Charter applications unconstitutional and no applicable where such requirements undermine Charter rights
R. v Kalleo, 2016 CanLII 7716: In circumstances like these there is a right for an in-custody accused to have immediate access to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.…
First Nations answers to #OscarsSoWhite
Indian Country media network has a post up listing First Nations actors or films that should have been awarded an Oscar, or at least a nomination. Its a great piece,…
An "accidental activist" on LNG
Dr. Eoin Finn, who has a residence on Bowyer Island in Howe Sound, is a retired partner of KPMG and holds Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) and MBA (International Business) degrees. BC's…
First Nations answers to #OscarsSoWhite
Indian Country media network has a post up listing First Nations actors or films that should have been awarded an Oscar, or at least a nomination. Its a great piece,…